Moroccan star Abdel Samad Al Zalzouli continued to shine with Osasuna and led him to a valuable victory over Elche in the 28th round of the Spanish League.
Osasuna remained 1-0 behind until the last twenty minutes, before Al-Zalzouli appeared and scored two goals in the 71st and 84th minutes, killing them the three points from the bottom fangs of the “La Liga” standings.
This is the first double for Al-Zalzuli in his professional career, and as a result he received great praise from the official account of the Spanish League on the social networking site “Twitter”, which he described as “incandescent”, “distinguished”, “decisive”, and “savior”.
❤ glowing
❤ Featured
❤ decisive
❤ and a saviorIt’s Abdul Samad Al-Zalzouli, world ????????????#OsasunaElche #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/gM3n4IFz1t
— LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) April 8, 2023
For its part, the newspaper confirmedSport(Sport) Spain, that Al-Zalzuli, who was loaned from Barcelona to Osasuna, has become an essential and indispensable element in coach Iagoba Arasati’s squad.
The newspaper believes that Al-Zalzouli played a prominent role in his team’s access to the final match of the King’s Cup by scoring the winning goal once morest Athletic Bilbao in the semi-final first leg (1-1 second leg), and that Osasuna’s access to European competitions became possible.
Osasuna ranks eighth in the standings table with 38 points, and is 6 points away from Villarreal, who qualifies for the sixth place in the European Conference League competition and has 44 points, before facing Real Madrid in the same round.
Since his arrival in Osasuna, Al-Zalzouli participated in 26 matches in all tournaments, and he missed only 6 matches, 4 due to injury and one due to suspension, and the last one in which he was off the list, scoring 5 goals and making two.
☑ The Moroccan duo, “Abdul Samad Al-Zalzouli”, leads “Osasuna” to victory once morest “Elche”.
Watch the goals and match summary⚽????#OsasunaElche 2-1 #LaLigaSantander #LaLigaHighlights pic.twitter.com/wxphjBwlPI
— LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) April 8, 2023
Al-Zalzouli’s numbers with Osasuna contributed to helping the player reserve a place for him in the list of his compatriot Walid Rakragui, Morocco’s coach, in the World Cup in Qatar.
The Spanish newspaper touched on the future of Al-Zalzouli, who sets his sights on returning to Barcelona at the end of the current season.
And “Sport” confirmed that Al-Zalzouli will go through the preparation period for the new season with Barcelona, and whether or not he will stay will depend on the technical and economic needs of the Catalan club.
She indicated that Al-Zalzouli’s future with Barcelona depends on 4 players: Osman Dembele, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Rafinha, because the departure of one of them will open the doors for him to return to the Camp Nou.
